Those who first came to the shores of Australia during colonization likely held a similar idea of written language. As such, Aboriginal peoples were quickly dismissed as lacking a written language.

The words escape slowly from Eleanor Tafoya when she speaks of the decline of the Jemez language among the Pueblo’s youth. “If we don't do anything, we're going to lose our traditions or culture," she ...

On average, every month across the globe, two Indigenous languages disappear, according to the United Nations. And 40% of the world's languages, mostly Indigenous, are threatened with long-term ...

Nineteenth and early 20th–century written notes on spoken Native American languages are valuable in the effort to sustain and revive these languages after a long history of suppression and loss. Many ...

She translated 36 selected poems written by poets with Aboriginal backgrounds ... Ease into the English language and Australian culture. We make learning English convenient, fun and practical.

LING 833 - Sociocultural and Cognitive Aspects of an Indigenous Language (4) ** Repeatable for credit where topic is different. Graduate seminars will provide workshops on graduate project writing and ...

A bill promising to strengthen the state’s Indigenous language program ... tribes in their efforts to revitalize Native languages — spoken, written, sung and signed. Specifically, the ...